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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Landline - Rainbow Rowell (Review)

Landline by Rainbow RowellGenres: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Publication date:
Jul 12, 2014
Publisher:Macmillan AudioFormat:Audiobook - 9 hours, 3 minutesHow I got it: My public libraryBuy it:Amazon | Barnes & NobleMy rating: 4/5Georgie McCool knows her
marriage is in trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She
still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but
that almost seems beside the point now.

Maybe that was always beside the point.

Two
days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for
Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and
something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She
knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset
with Georgie — but she doesn't expect him to pack up the kids and go
home without her.

When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.

That
night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past.
It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given
an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts...

Is that what she’s supposed to do?

Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?

I just can’t help myself with these Rainbow Rowell
audiobooks.I need to keep listening to
Rainbow Rowell books now at work they make the day move fast!!

Landline follows Georgie McCool (Love the name) and
her husband Neal as they are going through a rough patch in their marriage.Georgie is a TV writer who may have just
landed her next big break by getting her own show with her best friend Seth,
the one catch is they need to make the presentation right after Christmas and
they need to work all over Christmas break. Neal has already made plans to go
home to Omaha for Christmas to see his mother with his two daughters.Neal leaves before Christmas and Georgie is
a mess, she can’t concentrate at work or get in touch with Neal, until she uses
her childhood phone and is able to talk to Neal in the past.

First the book is completely told through Georgie’s eyes
which is great.Georgie really takes
the time to evaluate her relationship with Neal in the past and present.I liked her evaluation of the entire
situation and also the key events that she replays for us.I felt like I really got to see what type of
relationship that Georgie and Neal had.I also loved how we got to be in Georgie’s head with her.I felt really connected to Georgie and I was
rooting for her to make this relationship work.

My second favorite character is Georgie’s sister
Heather.I feel like she is so young and
trying to figure out her life, but she really helps guide Georgie along in a
strange way.I know that Georgie and
Heather might not seem to close as sister’s because of the age gap, but that might
be misleading.Their relationship has
only grown stronger throughout the book. I enjoy reading about family dynamics that might
not be written about often.

The author did a great job developing all of the
relationships in between the characters and Georgie.I felt like as I was listening I could feel
how Georgie felt towards the different characters through her interactions. Also, we got to see how much had changed in
Georgie’s life through the years.The
character development the author did was amazing and made this a very enjoyable
listen.

My one issue was really the idea of the magic phone.It just seems too unbelievable and makes it
hard for me to grasp onto.I feel like
it is even more challenging because Georgie makes it out to be like she is
completely crazy so why as a reader would I believe this crazy idea.Also, I felt more like Georgie was not so
much talking to Neal on the phone either, but having flash backs to her
relationship in the past to see how she got to where she was today.

I would suggest this as a great nighttime read/listen.The book was easy to follow along with and
also gave you something to think about.I felt like there were natural stopping points where I just need to
digest what I heard.

Rainbow Rowell writes books.
Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS and LANDLINE). Sometimes
she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK and FANGIRL). But she
always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like
they're screwing up. And people who fall in love.

When she's not
writing, Rainbow is reading comic books, planning Disney World trips and
arguing about things that don't really matter in the big scheme of
things.

I definitely need to read this one. Like you, the whole idea of the magic phone thing has made me hesitant, but I am glad that the characters were so likable, I think that would totally make up for it! Great review!